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Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Time surely flies by when you are having fun! Let me tell you that I am MUCH happier with my new home now I have flowers, shrubs and vegetables busily growing in the garden. The birds scold us if we let the feeder sit empty for too long, there's a beautiful white kitty in the neighborhood that loves to have it's ears scratched, and we have discovered a source for fresh eggs that are almost, almost as good as my girls used to lay!

Today I want to share the OHM treats that I have created in the past few months. Here's the little baskets of Rolo flowers I made for the children in May.

The basket comes from the Art Philosophy cart and is sized at 5 inches high so that I could get two on a page. I embossed the basket with the Gingham cuttlebug embossing folder. The flowers come from a variety of carts, (Forever Young, Paper Lace 2, Artistry, and Sweet Treats) and all have a center large enough to fit the Rolos. You can't see from the pics, but I bought the pastel foiled Rolos that are available at Easter time for this project. The label comes from Tie the Knot.

Having made something pretty and traditional for the May treats, I opted to go for cute and up-to-the-minute for the June treats - Baby Groot!

He comes from the Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy image set and I made him detachable so that the children could play with him. Oh so cute! The label comes from Spring Fling and the font I used is Cricut Sans. I love how solidly this font prints.

Baby Groot is attached to the MCT Stitched Favor Box die (here) cut from Tim Holtz Kraft Core paper and embossed, by turning it crossways, with the Retro Kitchen Wallpaper 5 x 7 folder so that the craft side shows through. I tied plenty of knots in the twine when I attached the label to the box and I accepted the fact that I might be the only one amused by this. LOL!

Of course, I had to make an extra one for Master J who carried it around all day. : ) : ) : )

Lastly, here's July's treats including a simple fidget spinner made from paper. I used the bit left over when a pop dot is removed to add height behind the brad and attached the brad VERY loosely so that it would spin freely.

After I had figured THAT out, these were very easy and quick to make.

Did you make it through this loooong catch up post? It may not make complete sense since I am watching Anna Griffin on HSN at the same time and blogging is my method of resisting temptation. : ) Thanks for visiting today. : ) Christine

Sunday, September 11, 2016

When Master J's Mama built his castle she included a mailbox and 'suggested' the family e-mail her with messages for Master J that she could print off and deliver to his mailbox. Well, no! If anything is going in the mailbox from Grandma and Grandpa, I will have the pleasure of making a handmade card!

Unfortunately, Master J has inherited eyesight problems from his Mama. (She had laser surgery and we're now saving up for him!) This week he was fitted for his new glasses and of course, he looks as cute as a button. So the card I made for him this week congratulated him on his new glasses.

The overlay is from Artistry and I duplicated it and welded it 4 times for the background of the card. The glasses and the eye chart cuts come from Dr. Checkup and Mike Wazowski comes from the Best of Pixar. He's on an action wobble to add a little interactivity to the card. Here's the innies: -

A couple of notes to self : -

* This particular "Congratulations" is from Cake Basics and cuts as ONE word.

* Love this font for writing with the Explore - Always Here

And to finish up with a pic of Master J in his glasses. Can we have a collective "Awwwww?"

Incredibly and most unexpectedly, this week's challenge at BBTB2 is Eye Glasses! So of course, I'm linking up with the challenge here. Aren't those soccer glasses from Maureen fabulous? Check out all the other fun glasses available from the Life's a Party cart! Thanks for visiting with me today : ) Christine